Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance
USA Guide 2024 : New York
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Provided by Dechert LLP
Dechert provides a responsive, interdisciplinary, multi-jurisdictional team to address the complexities of modern finance transactions across categories and geographies. With more than 150 lawyers in the world’s major financial centers, our internationally recognized practice provides clients with innovative deal structuring, creative financing strategies and efficient execution. Our clients receive comprehensive solutions for all of their finance needs. By tapping into the breadth of Dechert’s expertise, we deliver advice on real estate finance, structured finance, leveraged finance and securitization matters.
Commercial Real Estate Finance
We handle the origination of complex commercial real estate loans, as well as securitization and syndication after closing. Dechert provides market-leading, best-in-class service to our clients, helping them to successfully structure and originate complex commercial real estate financings across all asset classes, including securitization, syndication, restructuring and enforcement.
Commercial Mortgage-backed Securities
We help our clients innovate and execute their transactions efficiently and effectively. We provide best in class service across all asset categories and securitization technologies, including CMBS and CRE CLOs, warehouse facilities, cash and synthetic transactions and on the purchase and sale of pools of loans and other financial assets.
Chambers Review
Dechert LLP has a notable reputation for advising private and public investors on the origination, purchase and sale of significant real estate loan portfolios. It possesses renowned strength in complex mortgage loan securitizations and restructurings. The team also offers expertise advising clients on complex regulatory concerns in the market.
Work Highlights
- Dechert represented Freddie Mac as mortgage loan seller in connection with the securitization of $1.6 billion in mortgage loans secured by multifamily properties.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Dechert has a consistently high quality team."
"From partners through to associates everyone is very skilled, well-informed and creative."
"They have a great sense of the market."
"The team has significant relevant experience for complex real estate transactions."
"The team is always responsive and proactive in following up."
"Dechert has a consistently high quality team."
"From partners through to associates everyone is very skilled, well-informed and creative."
"They have a great sense of the market."
"The team has significant relevant experience for complex real estate transactions."
"The team is always responsive and proactive in following up."
Notable Practitioners
Richard Jones is noted for his experience in real estate financing matters, and frequently advises lenders on mortgages, mezzanine loans and securitization matters.
"Richard has very strong market awareness."
"He is an institution in real estate."
Laura Swihart is cochair of the firm's global finance and real estate practice groups. She has vast expertise in commercial real estate collateralized loan obligation matters.
"Laura is attentive, smart, commercially savvy and a pleasure to work with."
Laura Ciabarra is sought out by investors for her expertise in a range of finance transactions, including debt, mezzanine and mortgage loans.
Ranked Lawyers at
Dechert LLP
New York